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Improving Women’s Vaccination Rates – How the OB-GYN Can Help.
By Christine Vara Mother’s Day may have come and gone, but a mother’s work is never done. In today’s society, it’s no secret that mothers bear the majority of the responsibility in caring for the...
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Protecting Infants Through the Concept of “Cocooning”
By Christine Vara Cocooning: A transitive verb meaning to protect somebody from unpleasantness or danger. And who wouldn’t want to protect infants from danger? The question is what do we need to...
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BeWell Explains Simple Steps to Protect Against Whooping Cough
By Christine Vara Despite the fact that vaccines have eradicated smallpox, eliminated polio in the US and significantly reduced the number of deaths from diseases like measles, people are still dying...
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A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss and Hope
Shot of Prevention would like to thank Felicia Dube for contributing this article. We admire her courage in sharing her personal story of loss and pain. We appreciate her determination to save others...
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Vaccinations “Cocoon” Infants Too Young to be Immunized
By Christine Vara When our first child was born, my husband and I were intent on protecting her from harm. While we were probably like most new parents, I’ll admit my husband went to a few extremes....
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Combating Vaccine Refusal
Using The “D” Word to Explain the “P” Word Yesterday I read an interesting post on the Moms Who Vax blog. It has been inspiring to follow along on this new blog and hear how moms from Minnesota have...
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The Battle Against Whooping Cough Continues
While you’ll often hear public health departments warning of influenza this time of year,there is also reason to be concerned over another contagious disease. It’s known as “whooping cough”, or...
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The Pertussis Outbreak and the Impact of Vaccination
There has been a great deal of coverage regarding the current pertussis outbreaks we are seeing all across the country. In the past few weeks we have seen countless articles which have attempted to...
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A Standing Order of Pertussis Vaccine in Hospitals Boosts Protection
There is at least one family who is mourning today. Eleven years ago they lost their daughter Brie She was just 52 days old. Sadly she succumbed to a disease called pertussis, also known as whooping...
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Timehop Brings Back Pertussis Memories Too Painful to Forget
Today we honor all our parent advocates who help us raise pertussis vaccine awareness. This day not only marks Brady's third angel-versary, but also the fifth angel-versary of Carter Dube, and later...
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Barbara Loe Fisher is Right. She’s Also To Blame.
Barbara Loe Fisher may be right about one thing. We need a better Tdap vaccine to prevent pertussis (also known as whooping cough). However, her opposition to legislation in Indiana that would require...
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5 Ways to Keep Your College-Bound Student Healthy
Preparing a kid for college is akin to preparing for their arrival at birth. There are so many details to think about, choices to consider and preparations to be made that it’s easy to become...
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My 16 Year Old Son Has Suffered More Than 7 Weeks With Pertussis
This guest post was written by Carolyn who works as a Home Health Community Nurse and who originally shared her son’s story on the Nurses Who Vaccinate blog to help raise awareness of the symptoms and...
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10 Things Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Their Kids Should Know
It’s not uncommon for a parent who has lost a child to a vaccine preventable disease to try to spare other families from the same agonizing heartache. In some cases, these children may have suffered...
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5 Things Expectant Parents Need to Know About Vaccines in Pregnancy
Expectant couples should rely on credible medical sources such as the CDC, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the American College of Nurse Midwives. Here are 5 things...
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5 Ways to Keep Your College-Bound Student Healthy
Preparing a kid for college is akin to preparing for their arrival at birth. There are so many details to think about, choices to consider and preparations to be made that it’s easy to become...
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10 Things Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Their Kids Should Know
It’s not uncommon for a parent who has lost a child to a vaccine preventable disease to try to spare other families from the same agonizing heartache. In some cases, these children may have suffered...
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